continuation [farming]

On the day of Li Yun's "marriage", it rained cats and dogs.

It happened to be that day, and Li Mu was leaving.He arranged for Li Xiang'er's funeral, took several other families with big surnames in Anle Village to change the village head, found a quiet place for Xia He to live in, and took people to Shangwang Village to make a fuss .

On the day of going to Shangwang Village, Xia He really wanted to follow along. ——In fact, he couldn't connect Li Mu with the word "trouble". How could Li Mu, a scholar, lead people to make trouble?However, Li Mu didn't let him go, all the men with the surname Li in Anle Village followed him, and Li Mu was the only one who brought him along. Fortunately, after winning the battle, he was reasonable and negotiated terms. What can Xia He do when he goes?

Xia He thought that Li Mu was worried that he would be interrogated by villagers who hadn't seen Zhang's family for a long time, so he honestly stayed in Li's house for another day.

Xia He didn't know exactly how to deal with it. It was just that Mrs. Li's face, which had been dark for several days, finally showed a little joy that night. The result must have satisfied the Li family.

On the second day, Li Mu took Xia He to see a different courtyard he just bought.

This courtyard was built by a member of Raonan Town a long time ago, but later this member’s family fell into poverty, and later generations wanted to sell this house, and it was too big and the asking price was very high. Raonan Town rarely has such a wealthy family , has not been able to sell.Seeing that Li Mu was looking for a quiet and spacious enough place, the family asked someone to contact Li Mu, and lowered the price by another three points, which was considered to be a face for the master.

It's just that the yard has been empty for many years, and it's starting to fall into disrepair. Li Mu calculated the time, but it was too late to clean it up, so he had to let Xia He do the work by himself.

Xia He rolled up his sleeves, and said, "It's such a small matter, I can't do it!"

Li Mu took a look at the courtyard of Yuanwai's house, and could vaguely see the grand and luxurious appearance of the old days.Thinking about Xia He's temper again, he was afraid that he would definitely shovel out all the exotic flowers, strange rocks and weeds in the yard, and replant a large cornfield.

Thinking of this, Li Mu smiled, pointed to a shelf not far away and said: "You can grow some Ling Xiao here, and it's much better to come here in summer and cool off."

"What is Ling Xiao?" Xia He said, walked around the climbing frame, shook his head and said: "This frame is too high, it seems that it is not suitable for growing melons, it is better to be shorter."

Li Mu: "..."

"I heard that brother Yun of yours is going to marry?" Xia He asked yes.

"Tomorrow." Li Mu said yes.

"I don't know what it's like for someone from the county to marry a bride. Will Mr. Qin also bring a horse and let the two of them ride together?" Xia He recalled the wedding that he saw in Huai Town. , said yes.

Li Mu shook his head and said with a smile: "Brother Yun doesn't know how to ride a horse, even if he leads a horse, I think he must be tied to the horse's back before he can be brought back."

Strange why Xia He would ask such a question, Li Mudao said: "Xia He, why don't we have another wedding and let's ride horses through the streets together?"

Xia He hurriedly said: "But I don't know how to ride a horse either. Are you going to tie me to a horse? - Besides, we are already married."

After thinking for a while, Xia He said again: "Brother Mu is going to go to the government school tomorrow, so don't think about what you have. ——By the way, you are celebrating Chinese New Year this year, can you come back?"

"Come back." Li Mu said yes.

Xia He nodded: "That's good. If you don't come back for three years, I'm afraid that Jin Bao will forget about you as a father."

Li Mu smiled.

As a result, Li Mu had just set off on the second day when it suddenly started to rain.

The son of the Qin family really came here on horseback, and was drenched halfway. In order not to miss the auspicious time, he braved the rain, threw off the guard of honor, and rushed to Anle Village.

He jumped off the horse, kicked open the door of Li Laoliu's house who was at a loss, and carried away Li Yun in red.The bright red clothes of the two of them were quickly drenched in the rain and stuck to their bodies.

While struggling, Li Yun said, "Let me down! It's raining so hard, why are you bothering?"

"Let's just go to town for a night—where's your dowry?"

"Hmph, how can that poor ghost afford a dowry?" Li Yun didn't care if Li Lao Liu could still hear her, so she just scolded.There are two or three kittens who came to see the excitement in the rain, and when they heard this, they were all waiting to see a joke.

Qin Fan glanced at the newly decorated house of Li Laoliu's family because of his family's betrothal gift, and said with a snort, "I knew that giving your family's betrothal gift is like beating a dog with a meat bun, it doesn't matter, I am in town I also prepared a copy." The Qin family paid enough for the dowry, and planned to let the Li family send it back as a dowry, Qin Fan knew that Li Laoliu would be greedy, but he didn't expect him to be so greedy.

Fortunately, he was more thoughtful, and he had already filled up the house he had prepared for Li Yun in the town.Qin Fan has always been lazy, but when it comes to Li Yun, he is rarely caring.

Seeing that the guards of honor looked weak and listless, Qin Fan ignored them and ran away.

There is a bunch of chatter left, and I don't know what to do.

And Xia He was trapped in the house.

Fortunately, the newly acquired yard is dilapidated, but not to the point of leaking.Xia He lay by the window, staring in the direction of Qingyang in a daze.Lan Niang behind her was rambling: "Why do you want to move again? What is Second Young Master thinking about?"

Xia He said: "It's your son, I'm going to do great things."

"You?" Lan Niang was stunned, she didn't expect her youngest son to have any great promise.

Xia He nodded, sat upright, and began to talk about how the corn was forced into the hands of the Li family, until he talked about how it transformed into a feat of the Xue family.

When Lan Niang heard this, she became very angry.

On the contrary, Zhang Shixi raised his eyelids and said: "It was planted under the rule of that surnamed Xue, so naturally it is his merit. ——You still want to grab it? Then you should get an official to do it first." ah!"

"Of course I want to grab it. Not only do I want to grow corn, but I also want to grow the best ones, and let the emperor know that I planted them!" Xia He said yes, and then showed the treasure he brought back from Qingyang In front of his parents, he said, "This is another kind of corn that I bought in Qingyang."

Zhang Shiyi looked at the excited Xia He, frowned, thought for a while, and thought, this would be a kind of slanting sword - if today's day really emphasizes farming.

It's just a pity that his Zhang family has been educated and educated scholars for generations, how could there be someone like Xia He who doesn't like reading?Zhang Shixi still had some resentment in his heart.

Xia He just looked out of the window, sighed and said: "The planting is more than ten days late this year, I don't know if it can be done, I was thinking about tidying up the yard in the past two days, but it rained so much , will be delayed for some days."

"Then take the time to study!" Zhang Shiyi dropped the book and came over.

Xia He grinned, not wanting to answer.

Zhang Shiyi glared at him, and Xia He hid in the inner room with a book in his arms.

Seeing this, Lan Niang asked in a low voice: "Master, Xia He's idea... is it reliable?"

"I heard that the son of the virtuous king is a weird person, he has no airs at all, and he can get along with that matchmaker. ——I just don't know how true it is when this word is spread to Rao Nan." Zhang Shi One is that the news that can be obtained in Raonan Town is much more than that in Anle Village after all. Although Zhang Shiyi tried his best not to explore more, following the words of Taoist Ziji, he kept a low profile, but only by listening, I also know a lot of news about Liang Jing.

From the bottom of his heart, Zhang Shiyi still misses the hometown he has almost never set foot on.

Xia He couldn't understand Zhang Shixi's thoughts, let alone hear Zhang Shixi's chosen candidate for him, but picked off the corn kernels bit by bit in the inner room, making them as complete as possible.This job requires patience, Xia He is such an impatient person, only when faced with these things will he be extra careful.

He divided the corn kernels into several piles, and then continued to look out the window. He had already figured out how to divide the yard, and he was about to do it.

After thinking about the beauty, Xia He was very happy, but then, she began to miss Li Mu again.

I don't know if Li Mu got drenched on the road, can the carriage he rented be completely protected from the rain, and can he find a place to stay as soon as possible?Xia He was worried.

As soon as Lan Niang entered the inner room, what she saw was Xia He's appearance full of worry and longing.

She was heartbroken again, seeing Xia He falling in love with a man, she wanted to persuade her, but she didn't know where to start.Fortunately, Li Mu is going to go to school to study. There are three full years, which can make the two young men who have just grown into men think a little more. When they can calm down, I don't know if they will stick to their previous decision.

Lan Niang comforted herself in this way, she only hoped that both parties were just impulsive.

The next day, the sky cleared.

Xia He specially circled a piece of land, and said to Lan Niang: "Mother, let's use this place to grow vegetables and eat, and leave the rest to me." He carried a bamboo pole, "I will use it from the side room Turned out, it can be used as a melon shelf."

Lan Niang looked at the place Xia He had marked for herself, then at the place where Xia He wanted to plant corn, frowned and said, "Let your father help you, how can you plant so much land by yourself. "

"No, no, doesn't dad still have to go to work in the town?" Xia He said yes, then muttered, "I'll do it myself, dad may not know what I'm going to do."

Lan Niang is a little strange, isn't it just a field, what else can I do?

Xia He and Lan Niang got rid of all the weeds in the yard, Lan Niang was still a little bit sorry.

Xia He couldn't see what the original layout was like, so he hurried to work on him.

Lan Niang looked at it for a long while before she realized what Xia He was muttering. ——Xia He's planting of this land is indeed a coincidence, the strange thing is that he dared to say that he can study the best way to plant this corn.

But, three years, wouldn't it be too short?

While hoeing the ground, Xia He happily hummed a ditty, wondering where Li Mu had gone, and promised to deliver a letter to herself as soon as she arrived in Qingyang. When would the letter arrive?